Arabel
Juan Pujol García, also known as Joan Pujol i García, was a Spanish spy who worked as a double agent loyal to the United Kingdom against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans.
Meaning & Origin of Arabel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Juan Pujol García, also known as Joan Pujol i García, was a Spanish spy who worked as a double agent loyal to the United Kingdom against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain to carry out fictitious spying activities for the Germans.
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The Story of Arabel
The earliest SSA record of Arabel as a baby girl name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 16 newborns named Arabel — #7,265 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Arabel on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Arabel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 167 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Arabel
Arabel is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 167 births in the dataset. Arabel's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #7,265. Use the chart and map above to compare Arabel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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